ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203436
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | E Flt Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
| Registration: | VR-SBA |
| MSN: | 5088 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bayan Lepas International Airport. Penang, Straits Settlement -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bayan Lepas International Airport, Penang, Straits Settlement (PEN/WMKP) |
DH. 60GIII Moth Major' registered as G-ACST [C of R 5065] 15.6.34 to Thomas C Place, Chipperfield, Hertfordshire (based at Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire). C of A 4345 issued 13.8.34. Flown by Thomas C. Place to South Africa and back, departing Hatfield 14.8.34. Re-registered [C of R 5920] 28.5.35 to Tollerton Aero Club Ltd, t/a Nottingham Flying Club, Tollerton, Nottingham. Registration G-ACST cancelled as sold abroad 8.11.37.
Re-registered in Straits Settlements as VR-SBA [C of R 30] 10.1.38 to L.W. Geddes, Singapore. Re-registered [C of R 32] 28.4.38 to Wearne’s Air Services Ltd, Singapore. Possibly later to Penang Flying Club. Impressed into Malayan Volunteer Air Force (MVAF) E Flight.
E Flight MVAF was Formed at Penang 1.12.41 with five Moth Majors [VR-SAB “4”; VR-SAC “20”; VR-SAK “21”; VR-SAZ “22”; VR-SBA “1”] Four - believed to include VR-SBA - were destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Bayan Lepas International Airport. Penang, Straits Settlement, Malaya on 9.12.41. Of the 45 aircraft on the strength of the MVAF on December 1st 1941, only 5 survived.
Sources:
1. As G-ACST: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ac/g-ac-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFjc3QiXQ==
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACST.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20171017142915/http://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk:80/node/65
7. As VR-SBA: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1zYmEiXQ==
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_International_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2017 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Dec-2017 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 27-Dec-2017 01:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2020 21:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2023 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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